vol. 01 — manifesto est. 2026

Most backlink tools are lying to you.

Domain Rating is a vanity metric. Half the "DR 70" sites you're chasing are private blog networks, parked domains, or expired carcasses with inflated scores. The industry knows. The industry sells you the score anyway.

Linkjury delivers a verdict on every link — based on what actually matters.

the problem

Vendors won't say it. We will.

The four tools that dominate backlink data — you know which ones — were built to count links, not judge them. They sell you metrics everyone knows are gameable because half their customers are the people gaming them.

The marketplaces selling "high-authority guest posts" rarely audit their own inventory. The agencies buying them rarely audit either. The audit is your problem. Until now, you had to do it manually — one link at a time, with five browser tabs open and a gut feeling.

"DR is a number. A verdict is an answer."

a sample verdict

What the jury sees.

healthnews.example.com/article/keto-guide
audited 2 minutes ago — case #4471
verdict REJECT 18/100
Real organic traffic FAIL
Claimed: 42,000/mo · Verified: 380/mo (99.1% inflation). Most traffic comes from one branded keyword.
PBN footprint FAIL
Shares ASN with 47 other "health" sites. Identical template. Same Adsense ID across 12 properties. Whois redacted, registered week of network expansion.
Topical relevance WEAK
Generic health content. No editorial depth on keto. Topical authority score: 0.21.
Outbound link hygiene FAIL
73% of outbound links point to casino, CBD, and crypto sites. Co-citation poisoning risk.
Anchor profile WEAK
86% exact-match commercial anchors. No natural distribution.
the jury standard

Nine signals. One verdict.

Every link is judged against a public methodology. No black boxes. No vendor secrets. The standard is documented, versioned, and open to challenge.

  1. 01

    Real organic traffic

    Cross-checked against actual SERP visibility, not estimated visits inflated by one branded query.

  2. 02

    Topical relevance

    Semantic similarity between the linking page and your target niche — broad and specific.

  3. 03

    PBN footprint score

    IP/ASN clustering, hosting overlap, template fingerprints, AdSense and Analytics ID reuse, registration patterns.

  4. 04

    Anchor profile health

    Natural distribution check across branded, generic, exact-match, and partial-match anchors.

  5. 05

    Outbound link hygiene

    What the page links to is who it is. Casino, pharma, and PBN co-citation is contagious.

  6. 06

    Domain stability

    Age, hosting consistency, traffic trend, ownership history. Drops and resurrections leave fingerprints.

  7. 07

    Indexation status

    A link from a page Google won't index is a link that does nothing.

  8. 08

    Placement context

    Editorial body link, sidebar, footer, author bio. Position changes everything.

  9. 09

    Spam composite

    A weighted signal stack covering content thinness, AI-generation markers, comment spam, and known footprints.

for agencies

Audit a client's profile in 90 seconds.

White-label PDF verdicts. Bulk audits across 50+ client domains. Multi-seat dashboard. Disavow files generated automatically.

for in-house seo

Stop wasting budget on bad links.

Build a clean link profile from day one. Get marketplace recommendations that pass the bar. Catch negative SEO before it lands.

for link builders

Qualify prospects before you pitch.

Paste a list, get verdicts. Chrome extension shows scores on SERPs. Plan anchor distribution that actually looks natural.

the docket — coming soon

A public record of who's selling what.

A free, browsable database of audited link sources — hall of fame and hall of shame. The same standard applied to every site. Updated weekly.

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